Liverpool have to sign SPECIAL £55m forward at all costs | OneFootball

As is the situation with most other clubs, Liverpool are in the market for a new striker.

Finding the best deal, while managing the risks you're willing to take on players who might have more potential than a track-record to believe in, is going to be essential this summer.

It seems that Atletico Madrid are in no mood to consider a deal for Julian Alvarez, although Liverpool's trump card in Darwin Nunez might be enough to tempt them in potential negotiations.

Alexander Isak at Newcastle, on the other hand, looks to be a definite no-go, now that the Magpies have secured a return to Champions League football. He's pretty much untouchable now.

So that leaves us with Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko for £92m, Victor Osimhen at Napoli - currently loaned at Galatasaray - for £63m and Hugo Ekitike at Eintracht Frankfurt for around £80m, per the intel from Lyall Thomas at Sky Sports News, although there is a massive name left off that list.

Viktor Gyokeres - the striker Liverpool NEED to sign

Signing a striker this summer is paramount, and everyone knows we're one of the main clubs that are after a new talisman. Now that clubs are aware of the demand, all the prices have skyrocketed.

Arsenal are most interested in Sesko and from a personal standpoint, £92m is miles too high and asking price for the 22-year-old Slovakian, who has 27 goals in 64 Bundesliga appearances - a goal return like that in the Premier League would struggle to surpass the efforts Kai Havertz.

Ekitike, on the other hand, is one of the Reds' highest priority targets, although Chelsea are interested in the 22-year-old Frenchman as well. The main problem with him, however, is that this has been his breakout season. Beyond his 22 goals and 12 assists in this campaign, he has a total of 32 goal contributions in his four other professional seasons combined.

And then we have Osimhen, who was sent to Galatasaray on loan because his ego caused him all sorts of trouble at Napoli. The 26-year-old Nigerian has been prolific in front of goal, and his asking price is reasonable - the only qualm is his attitude. Liverpool purposefully ignore big personalities.

So, in my opinion, the only realistic option is Viktor Gyokeres, and that is not to say that he is the least preferred. In fact, his situation is the opposite. He's the most tantalising option in Europe.

At 26 years old, he is an experienced No. 9 who's only just approaching the prime years of his career.

This season alone, he has scored 52 goals and delivered 12 assists - a truly frightening amount. This follows a 48 goal contribution season in his first year at Sporting and across his two years spent playing for Coventry in the Championship he made 38 goals and 17 assists in 94 appearances.

Of course, the fact that his explosion of form has come in Portugal is a concern, Liverpool's last endeavour in the country for Darwin Nunez didn't work out as many would have hoped.

But given Gyokeres has experienced English football before, although obviously not the Premier League, it seems reasonable to suggest that he would his potential move would work out differently.

His release clause of £55m makes him a bargain and there would be no difficulty with negotiations if sporting gave the green light for him to move. His asking price is set and it would guarantee him.

As such, 64 goal contributions in a season is too good to ignore in my mind, and his price tag would allow the Reds to fill the position while still having the freedom to spend money in other positions.

His attitude is one of working incredibly hard and delivering whenever his team needs to rely on him and there is likely no one else like him who could offer you the guarantee of attacking returns.

Imagine the scene, Cody Gakpo is running down the left, Mohamed Salah is being marked by half of the opposition's defenders and Florian Wirtz is putting endless through balls into his feet to finish off.

Prolific goalscoring is what Liverpool fans are dreaming of from their striker. Gyokeres embodies that.